Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Don Gordon,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

Actors : Carroll Baker, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten.

Actors : Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott,
Directors : Harry Winer,

The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit.

Actors : Joshua John Miller, Robyn Lively, Caren Kaye, Dan Gauthier,
Directors : Dorian Walker,

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?

Actors : Mia Farrow, William Hurt, June Squibb, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.

Actors : Pamela Reed, Thomas G. Waites, Daryl Hannah, James Remar,
Directors : Michael Chapman,

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Actors : Frédéric Andréi, Thuy An Luu, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Beineix,

Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters twist their way through an intricate and stylish French language thriller.

Actors : Ramon Bieri, Michael Lerner, Jeff Goldblum, Cyndi Lauper,
Directors : Ken Kwapis,

Psychics hired to find lost temple...

Actors : Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy, Linda Blair,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Robert Towne,

The intertwined lives and loves of three highly-ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.

Actors : Isabelle Adjani, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bruno Nuytten,

Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt ...

Actors : Giovanni Frezza, Catriona MacColl, Ania Pieroni, Paolo Malco,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.

Actors : Ed Harris, David Clennon, Ann Wedgeworth, Jessica Lange,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

Jessica Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

Actors : John Candy, Robert Loggia, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.

Actors : Tracy Griffith, Pamela Springsteen, Michael J. Pollard, Mark Oliver,
Directors : Michael A. Simpson,

After murdering a young girl, Angela Baker assumes her identity and travels to Camp New Horizons, built on the grounds of the camp she terrorized the year before, and starts killing again.

Actors : Aleksey Batalov, Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyova, Raisa Ryazanova,
Directors : Vladimir Menshov,

This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions. Different careers. And big late love.

Actors : Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard, Pat Ryan,

The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

Actors : Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel,
Directors : Michael Haneke,

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.

Actors : Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power,
Directors : Jan Svankmajer,

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.

Actors : Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Geneviève Lemon, Jon Darling,
Directors : Jane Campion,

An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.